Opheim is a village in Ål municipality in

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Ha ...

, Norway. Opheim is situated in the north of the valley of

Hallingdal Hallingdal ( en, Halling Valley) is a valley as well as a traditional district located in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county in Norway. It consists of six municipalities: Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol. ...

. The traditional industry in the area is mostly agriculture with some forestry. The Lya River runs through the village and into the

Hallingdalselva Hallingdalselva ( en, Hallingdal River) is a river which flows through the valley and traditional district of Hallingdal in Buskerud County, Norway. Within the valley, the river is often referred to as the Great River (''Storåne''). Hallingdal ...

Torpo Torpo is a small village in Ål municipality, in Viken County, Norway, and can be reached by using highway 7. The name Torpo was adopted July 1, 1935 from the old name Torpe. At this date the train station and local post office started using th ...

. Lya Power Plant (''Lya kraftverk i Ål kommune'') is a hydroelectric power plant situated between Opheim and Torpo. It uses water flow from the Lya river for power generation by

E-CO Energi E-CO Energi is a Norwegian power company and after Statkraft the second largest producer of electricity in Norway. Structure E-CO is wholly owned by the City of Oslo. Operations are divided into E-CO Vannkraft, E-CO Norne and Oslo Lysverker. E ...

. The power plant was completed in 2008 with a 1,400 meter long pipeline from the intake in the river Lya. ''Ål blir med i Lya Kraftverk'' (E-CO)
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Sykkeltur Torpo/Opheim Ål i Hallingdal
Ål Villages in Buskerud {{Buskerud-geo-stub